| Pseudoglyptodon | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Pilosa |
| Suborder: | Folivora |
| Genus: | †Pseudoglyptodon Engelmann 1987 |
| Species | |
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Pseudoglyptodon is agenus ofextinctsloths from South America. Thetype species isPseudoglyptodon sallaensis.[1]
Fossils of the genus have been found in theMustersanSarmiento Formation of Argentina, in theTinguirirican (Late Eocene toEarly Oligocene)Abanico Formation in theTinguiririca valley in theCordillera Principal of theChileanAndes and theDeseadanSalla Formation of Bolivia.[1]P.chilensis is known from a damaged skull with mandible and some damaged skull fragments. The species can differentiated from others based on a number of features: it is larger, has thinner teeth and less angled cusps on the molars. The discovery of this species lead researchers to the conclusion that the genusPseudoglyptodon is the closest relative of the sloths depending on how the word "sloth" is defined.[2]
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